Senator COOPER (Queensland)
. - I notice that £6.500 is to be voted towards the cost of the Royal Commission on the Banking and Monetary System of the Commonwealth. How long will this commission he allowed to continue its investigations?

Senator Sir GEORGE PEARCE (WESTERN AUSTRALIA)
- The Government does not propose to interfere with the work of. the commission. It is not a function of the Government to say when the inquiry shall come to an end.